Slicing



GUY H. HUBBARD, OF SHELBURNE FALLS,

MASSACHUSETTS; CLARISSA A. HUBBARD ADMINISTRATRIX OF SAID GUY H.HUBBARD, DECEASED.

MACHINE FOR PARING AND SLICING APPLIES.

Specification of Letters Patent No.

'o all 'whom it may concern:

Be it known that GUiv H. HUBBARD, deceased, late of Shelburne Falls, inthe county o-f Franklin and State of Massachusetts, did invent certain,new and useful Improvements in Apple-Slicers, and it is hereby declaredt-hat the following, in connection with the accompanying drawings, whichconstitute a part of this specification, is a full and exact descriptionthereof, as attached to a paring-machine constructed vunder LettersPatent issued to S. N. Maxam, April 10, 1855.

The machine is secured to the table by means of the clamp, A, and tothis is attached the st-andard, B, by means of the strong joint at B,which permits the careening of the machine both right and left.

E, is the driving wheel, motion being given by means of the crank to allthe parts. Upon the face of the driving wheel, E, is an inclined scroll,F, upon which one end of the rack bar, G, slides; this rack bar connectswith, and gives motion to, the loop gear, H, which supports and guidesthe spring rod, I, upon which is affixed the paring knife, J.

The machine being careened to the right as shown in red outline in Fig.l, as the operator stands in position to seize the crank with his righthand, an apple is placed upon the fork, K, when, by rotation of thecrank, the driving wheel, E, gives motion to the pinion E and thence tothe fork and apple, while the scroll, F, acting through the rack bar, G,upon the loop gear, H, the paring knife, J, is thereby passed, duringt-he rotation of the apple, from its base around to its outer end, andeifectually pares the apple, when the outer circuit of the scroll, F,having passed the end of the rack bar, G,-the coiled spring, S, attachedto the outer end of the rack bar, contracts, and returns the rack bar,loop gear, spring rod and paring knife, to their original positions inreadiness to repeat the operation of paring. The apple thus pared is inreadiness for the action of the slicer, which is constructed andarranged as follows To the standard, B, is hinged at N, a strong arm ofiron, N, sustaining the cross gage head,

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I), to which is aflixed the curved knife, O, 1n such position that theedge thereof alines near the axis of the fork, K, and swinging upon thehinge at N', in a plane nearly parallel to said axis. A tripping post,M, is attached to the clamp, A, which, on careening the `machine to theleft, comes in contact with the pin, L, passing through the shaft of theloop gear, H, and causes the partial rotation of the loop gear, H, andthereby withdraws the end ofthe rack bar, G, from the scroll, F, thuspermitting the backward rotation of the crank and driving wheel,together with the fork and apple. The machine being now careened to theleft, as described, and the pared apple remaining upon the fork, thearm, N, with the slicing knife, O attached, is swung by the left handand the knife pressed lightly against the apple, which is thereby cut,during its backward rotation, into one continuous slice or ribbon,leaving only the core in cylindrical form upon the fork. The careeningof the machine perfectly accomplishes the separation of the slices fromthe parings by depositing each in somewhat widely separated positions orreceptacles, while the parabolic curvature of the knife produces such aformation of slices that they do not pack closely together while drying,and yet are not in the least objectionable for immediate cooking.

The arm, N, may-be so hinged to the standard as to swing perpendicularto the axis o-f the fork, if desired to commence the slicing at theequator of the apple, yet the present arrangement is deemed preferable.The detaching of the rack bar from the scroll, and an equiva-lentdetaching of the feed gear, in other machines to which the slicer may beattached, I have accomplished without the tripping-post, M, by the useof the lug or cam upon the hinge-frame of the arm, N, as shown at R,Fig. 2, but prefer the tripping post as described.

I do not claim the cutting of apples into continuous slices, or ribbons;nor any formation of slices to prevent their close packing while drying.Neither do I claim, nor conne myself to, any particular curvature of theknife, O, nor the application of the arm, N, and knife, O, to theparticular machine represented, several dilierent ones being equallyappropriate therefor, but

What I do claim as my invention and de- 5 sire to secure by LettersPatent, is

The arrangement of the machine with its paring and slicing knives n sucha manner as to careen upon the joint B in the manner and for the purposesubstantially as set forth.

CLARISSA A. HUBBARD, Exacta/rim of the will of the said Gm/ H,

Hubbard. Vitnesses:

LUTHER M. PACKARD, S. T. FIELD.

